#8938C4#8938C4

#8938C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.209 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8938C4
RGB	rgb(137, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 58.03, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 82.56, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.1253 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.209 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6924, 12.1325, 53.4129)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8938C4 #73C438

analogous

#4338C4 #8938C4 #C438B9

triadic

#8938C4 #C48938 #38C489

tetradic

#8938C4 #C44338 #73C438 #38B9C4

square

#8938C4 #C44338 #73C438 #38B9C4

split-complementary

#8938C4 #B9C438 #38C443

monochromatic

#461D65 #682A94 #8938C4 #A566D3 #C196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8938C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8938C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8938C4

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8938C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8938C4	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8938c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.209 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076d7',
    500: '#8938c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8938c4;
$custom-light: #b076d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8938c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52085,
    "c": 0.20854,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8938C4

secondary

#A7CC8C

accent

#DF4988

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8938C4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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